Healthy Returns: AstraZeneca cholesterol pill shows promise as race with Merck heats up [CNBC]
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A version of this article first appeared in CNBC's Healthy Returns newsletter, which brings the latest health-care news straight to your inbox. to receive future editions. The race to develop more convenient versions of drugs that lower cholesterol is heating up after released encouraging new data on an experimental pill. AstraZeneca and are the main drugmakers testing oral versions of so-called PCSK9 Inhibitors, which reduce levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, or what is known as “bad” cholesterol. Those medications, such as Amgen's Repatha, are typically injections. High LDL cholesterol is the top driver of cardiovascular events such as heart attacks and strokes. Still, more than 70% of patients taking statins aren't reaching the target level for cholesterol, according to Mina Makar, who heads AstraZeneca's global cardiovascular, renal and metabolism biopharmaceuticals business. He said that leads to 4 million to 5 million deaths worldwide due to elevated c
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